Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-18
Ash oreek and vicinity.

The corn is having a ice with chinch bugs and
weeds this hot weather, and being assisted by
the dne showers and cultiyators. is away ahead al
/ this writing You can tell uncle Charles Tracy,
however, that il he viii look now he viii Ind that
there are more bugs 20 the acre than there are
dollars in the national debt.
!. ii. Young was prevented from attending the
dedication this place, by the sickness Of one Of
his horses. This did not prevent him from cast
ing in his part 10 the good work, and lie has since
subscribed twenty dollars 10 the church.
We failed to mention I'm our last weeks letter
the names Of Alessrs Hail. Lawson, Lowe, SaIlee,
Nipps, Hartman, Mckay and last but not least,
MeNay, the fighting editor Of the Dispatch. As
We listened to his innocent prattle, we thought
that he had adopted the words Of the song; Let
your motto be Dispatch and practice what you
preach, for he is interested, only in his pa
per, but in his town, and county. It is needless
TO add that all Of these gentlemen subscribed lib
/ orally Of their wealth TO the good cause.
The sheep men arc now busy in the shearing.
As usual, our lightning zhearer, Melvin Osborne
/ is in the work.
M NJ N. Smith has an interesting relic. 1t
/ is a copy Of the Palmyra q. y Courier Of the
date Of June LIST, 1866.
1t is just "a years since it was issued, and con-
taids articles that carry one away back 10 a time
ia our natiohs history when the turbulence Of a
lcELEuGLlfE war etAAtll-l1 elDs44lll8 INTO
calm Of q blood bought peace. When one could
| see many, very many more blue coats with empty
| sleeves, or war battered veterans than now When
especially during political campaigns, one could
still hear the battles fought again, and when
there We're class Of men who declared that the
war was failure, and the reconstruction of the
south seemed hopeless task. But the people
thank God that We are now q united nation, and
that prosperity reigus in the states that then lay
bleeding and shattered by the conflict that had
just closed. The paper contains notice of the
death OF Gen Scott, also an incident of the war;
written by a brother of MI. Smith, in which he
tells of fight with gueIillas; the capture Of the
remnant Of the gang, together with their leader
and how, during d stormy night some Of the men
took terrible vengeance on him by throwing him
over board. 1t also contains article under the
heading, ''Wnl JEFF Davis be Executed" JEFF
can answer himself now, he is of age If amy
one has older paper let him produce it.
So many people gable about temperance whose
character commands no public respect that sauer
minded people may easily become TOO indifferent
TO its worth. For some years past we have watch
ed the influence Of Father Matthews total alb
stinence society here IN Ae0Auk. Hts members
we believe, are all Irish-Americans, and the sOce
" numbers from two 10 three hundred, The
young men who have grown up in that society
itE property owners, its business men, It's real
tate buyers its money investors Being t5mper-
ate, everything else has come 10 them. Saving
thrifty, cntcrprising successful, prosperous the
secret Of il all il tine primary fact that they didnt
take 10 guzzling liquors and spending what they
made in saloons. The certainty and rapidity with
which these young men have accumulated prop
erty shows that all the poverty Of beer guiding
cranks OF the red nag communism I'M Lne cities is
merely their own fault. That uybudy in Amer
lea can become well-tO-dO IL he VIII leave liquor
alone and work and suNe.-EAeOkuk cate city.
We commend the foregoing to the people Of
Kansas, and say-''be not weary in well doing
PED.